Mu-like prophage strong gyrase site sequences: Analysis of properties required for promoting efficient Mu DNA replication

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4575-4584

  Oram, Mark ^a   Pato, Martin L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; CYTOLYSIS; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; REPORTER GENE; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHI;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE MU; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA GYRASE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SUPERHELICAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SALMONELLA TYPHI; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIA PHAGE MU; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE RD KW20; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; SALMONELLA TYPHI; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 3142516478     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4575-4584.2004     Document Type: Article

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